direction , the broken axle prevented the car from driving straight . after being towed to the pits , he parked the car for the rest of the event . later that season , they towed the car to el ##dora speedway , only to have richmond crash the car again . in response , richmond ' s father fired him as the driver . the next season , al richmond bought a super ##mo ##di ##fied better suited to his son ' s driving style . in 1977 tim richmond became both sand ##us ##ky speedway ' s rookie of the year and the super ##mo ##di ##fied class track champion . richmond returned to racing sprint cars in the united states automobile club ' s (
direction, the broken axle prevented the car from driving straight. after being towed to the pits, he parked the car for the rest of the event. later that season, they towed the car to eldora speedway, only to have richmond crash the car again. in response, richmond's father fired him as the driver. the next season, al richmond bought a supermodified better suited to his son's driving style. in 1977 tim richmond became both sandusky speedway's rookie of the year and the supermodified class track champion. richmond returned to racing sprint cars in the united states automobile club's (